HK158796A - Print cartridge bidirectional alignment in carriage axis - Google Patents

Print cartridge bidirectional alignment in carriage axis

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HK158796A
HK158796A HK158796A HK158796A HK158796A HK 158796 A HK158796 A HK 158796A HK 158796 A HK158796 A HK 158796A HK 158796 A HK158796 A HK 158796A HK 158796 A HK158796 A HK 158796A
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Prior art keywords
ink jet
swath
cartridges
printhead
print cartridge
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HK158796A
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Robert D Haselby
Keith E Cobbs
Michael A Nguyen
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Hewlett Packard Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/14—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction
    • B41J19/142—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction with a reciprocating print head printing in both directions across the paper width
    • B41J19/145—Dot misalignment correction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/36—Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B41J11/42—Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering
    • B41J11/46—Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering by marks or formations on the paper being fed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J21/00—Column, tabular or like printing arrangements; Means for centralising short lines
    • B41J21/16—Column, tabular or like printing arrangements; Means for centralising short lines controlled by the sensing of marks or formations on the paper being typed, an undersheet, or the platen
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J19/00—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms
    • B41J19/14—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction
    • B41J19/142—Character- or line-spacing mechanisms with means for effecting line or character spacing in either direction with a reciprocating print head printing in both directions across the paper width

Abstract

Apparatus and techniques are disclosed for aligning the operation of the ink jet printheads of a multiple printhead ink jet swath printer, and particularly for aligning the operation of the printheads along the carriage scan axis. The relative positions of vertical test line segments printed by the cartridges at a fixed swath position are determined with an optical sensor. The relative position information is utilized to calculate horizontal alignment corrections for the printhead cartridges which are utilized to adjust the horizontal offset shifts provided for the swath data and to adjust the timing of the firing of the ink jet nozzles of the printhead cartridges. <IMAGE>
HK158796A 1991-10-31 1996-08-22 Print cartridge bidirectional alignment in carriage axis HK158796A (en)

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US07/785,651 US5250956A (en) 1991-10-31 1991-10-31 Print cartridge bidirectional alignment in carriage axis

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JP (1) JP3251671B2 (en)
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